It's offical: the Wilcox Era begins this Sunday

[tm1119]

i feel really good about wilcox back there..

i don't feel confident about a lot of players on this team...

especially the older ,entitled , washed up players who everyone loves so much...

i'm loving this new churning of the roster.

this team needs a transfusion of young, hungry players who want to play ball.

I hear ya, but skill and talent also play a big roll. I'm not saying Wilcox isn't skilled and talented, but he is about as an unknown commodity as there is in the NFL. Having him as a starter this early speaks volume about the complete lack of safety talent on the roster more than anything. Hopefully Wilcox plays great and its a non issue, but I just don't see how anyone can feel confident about him right now.

 

[Hoov]

There's a ton of confidence for a guy who has played like 15 games at the safety position in his life, and about 13 them were at the D2 level. Wilcox is for sure an athlete, but I'm nervous with him covering the back 1/2, especially with Church not being great in coverage himself. I understand Allen sucks, but Wilcox is no sure thing either and I don't see how anyone could feel good with him back there already

The rams have a TE that is supposed to be there best offensive threat, or so i have read on scouting reports. So it was said they didnt thin will allen would be physical enough to match him and that the cowboys may choose to put a LB on him, prorbably Carter since it would have to be a LB with speed.

However, im thinking that Wilcox fits the mold here and this may be the influence for giving him more reps with the 1's and starting him in base personnel this week.

 

[lane]

I hear ya, but skill and talent also play a big roll. I'm not saying Wilcox isn't skilled and talented, but he is about as an unknown commodity as there is in the NFL. Having him as a starter this early speaks volume about the complete lack of safety talent on the roster more than anything. Hopefully Wilcox plays great and its a non issue, but I just don't see how anyone can feel confident about him right now.

we have a a whole roster of unskilled and untalented players on this team..

a whole lot of of them have been on the team for years.

 

[GroundUp]

There's a ton of confidence for a guy who has played like 15 games at the safety position in his life, and about 13 them were at the D2 level. Wilcox is for sure an athlete, but I'm nervous with him covering the back 1/2, especially with Church not being great in coverage himself. I understand Allen sucks, but Wilcox is no sure thing either and I don't see how anyone could feel good with him back there already

Coach Kiffin requires speed and instincts out of his FS & SS back there and Wilcox has plenty of both and his instincts will increase with reps, no real complications in the scheme, just read and react, and react fast and with a vengeance. This is why I think JJ will be fine and eventually really good in this scheme.

The coaches watch the games, game film, and practices much more than we do and with eyes that are a sharper and better trained. They know what they want & what to look for. Will they make mistakes? Yes, but I believe this is a well calculated risk (it's only Will Allen that is being benched BTW). Sometimes we have to look through the trees and acknowledge the forest.

 

[lane]

Coach Kiffin requires speed and instincts out of his FS & SS back there and Wilcox has plenty of both and his instincts will increase with reps, no real complications in the scheme, just read and react, and react fast and with a vengeance. This is why I think JJ will be fine and eventually really good in this scheme.

The coaches watch the games, game film, and practices much more than we do and with eyes that are a sharper and better trained. They know what they want & what to look for. Will they make mistakes? Yes, but I believe this is a well calculated risk (it's only Will Allen that is being benched BTW). Sometimes we have to look through the trees and acknowledge the forest.

post of the night ..

 

[tm1119]

Coach Kiffin requires speed and instincts out of his FS & SS back there and Wilcox has plenty of both and his instincts will increase with reps, no real complications in the scheme, just read and react, and react fast and with a vengeance. This is why I think JJ will be fine and eventually really good in this scheme.

The coaches watch the games, game film, and practices much more than we do and with eyes that are a sharper and better trained. They know what they want & what to look for. Will they make mistakes? Yes, but I believe this is a well calculated risk (it's only Will Allen that is being benched BTW). Sometimes we have to look through the trees and acknowledge the forest.

Sorry but you can't tell me that instinct.is a very big part of playing FS and then proceed to say that a guy who was a D2 WR 2 years ago is going to be just fine. Just doesn't work.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

conservative cowboy fans mourn. Womp womp

Love it!

 

[Playmaker247]

If Wilcox was in instead of Will Allen on Cruz's touchdown, I think it would have been incomplete.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Sorry but you can't tell me that instinct.is a very big part of playing FS and then proceed to say that a guy who was a D2 WR 2 years ago is going to be just fine. Just doesn't work.

I think playing WR will help him because he understands what receivers do. Being able to see a route and react to it is why he catches on fast. Wilcox has me worried none, now if you want to talk running the ball or depth at DL/OL then yea that makes me worry. Romo going down makes me worried, Wilcox not in those worries

 

[Deep_South]

Sorry but you can't tell me that instinct.is a very big part of playing FS and then proceed to say that a guy who was a D2 WR 2 years ago is going to be just fine. Just doesn't work.

Instinct is what you are born with, not what you are taught or experience.

 

[SportsGuru80]

Don't cry if he gets burned like a rookie.

You man like 10 year vet Allen???

 

[Irvin88_4life]

If Wilcox was in instead of Will Allen on Cruz's touchdown, I think it would have been incomplete.

Plus he ran across the field and almost tackled him before he crossed the goal line, had he been at FS instead of Allen that play must likely didn't happen and if so he catches Cruz. Tired of salsa dancing in our house, disrespecting the Star

 

[lane]

speaking of young hungry players ..get devonte out there as well.

 

[lane]

Sorry but you can't tell me that instinct.is a very big part of playing FS and then proceed to say that a guy who was a D2 WR 2 years ago is going to be just fine. Just doesn't work.

dude..

 

[GroundUp]

Sorry but you can't tell me that instinct.is a very big part of playing FS and then proceed to say that a guy who was a D2 WR 2 years ago is going to be just fine. Just doesn't work.

I think his experience at the other positions prove to be helpful. No doubt more experience will aid him but he appears to be pretty instinctual already.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4715361/is-j-j-wilcox-taking-will-allens-job

paragraph 7...done

 

[GroundUp]

speaking of young hungry players ..get devonte out there as well.

This, 57x

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Sorry but you can't tell me that instinct.is a very big part of playing FS and then proceed to say that a guy who was a D2 WR 2 years ago is going to be just fine. Just doesn't work.

A year ago he was playing safety. It was two years ago he was on offense.

 

[Texas_Pete]

Per Stephen Jones, he would have been our opening day starter, had he not missed camp due to his mother passing away:

IRVING, Texas – Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones confirmed Friday on 105.3 FM The Fan that rookie safety J.J. Wilcox will be a starter for the first time this weekend.

Jones simply stated, “Yes,” when posed the question on whether or not he’ll start, and he actually thought the rookie would have started sooner if not for the tragedy that forced him to leave camp when his mother passed away.

“I think he’s played much better than we thought,” Jones said. “Believe it or not, I think at one point we were really getting comfortable with moving him on up even before the season started, then he had the terrible misfortune of losing his mother and had to leave camp and missed quite a bit and of course put that on hold for all the right reasons.”

“We certainly respect the way he’s handled that,” Jones said. “He’s back working hard at it, and I think he’ll bring a little juice to our defense. I think he can really help us. It doesn’t mean Will (Allen) won’t play, but (Wilcox) will certainly get a lot more time.”

LINK

I'm happy that the coaching staff and the FO thinks so highly of him, but I'm surprised Stephen was so candid in his remarks.

 

[ufcrules1]

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4715446/j-j-wilcox-moves-into-starting-role

I'm excited. The kid is going to bring some dynamite to the D.

May the Wilcox Era be long and remarkable!

I have to admit. I'm proud of the coaching staff on this move and it not taking all season to do it like usual. JJ NEEDS to be in there. We may have won the KC game if he was playing.

 

[iceman117]

Hope they are committed to this move for the long term because he will struggle from time to time, he will make some bone head plays and hurt us here and there as well. He will also make outstanding plays and get us all very excited about his future but putting him in there and then taking him out can mess with his confidence so I hope they just let him get through the growing pains without messing up his head, I love the move and really can't wait to see what Wilcox can do. If he is what I think he is we are going to have 2 young exciting ball hawking safeties for years to come.